Observations, articles, opinions etc. in Dutch and English. The author, Bert de Bruin (Yonathan Dror Bar-On), is a Dutch-Jewish historian, who has specialized in modern Jewish history and in the history of the Middle East, and who in 1995 emigrated from the Netherlands to Israel. He wrote one book (2008), and edited another (2011), both in Dutch. For feedback please post a comment, or send this blog's author an email: (hisdutchname)atyahoodotcom

Wednesday, February 01, 2006

This morning and afternoon I witnessed a large part of the very violent confrontation between the security forces and 'protesters' during the evacuation of the outpost of Amona. Our daughter stayed home this morning with otitis ( inflammation of the ear ), and later my father-in-law went to our son's kindergarten to bring home his grandson, who has diarrhea. I did not get much work done today, obviously, but all of the above did not depress me at all, especially after I happened to watch - on VH 1, I suppose - the wonderful video clip of Fatboy Slim's Weapon of Choice, featuring an outstanding Christopher Walken.